10-087 Garand Picture of the Day - 7th Regiment

[Mark in Rochester]

7Th Regiment Anniversary
Date taken: 1956
Photographer: Howard Sochurek

World War II During World War II, the regiment fought German forces on three fronts, North Africa, Italy, and Northwest Europe. It conducted four amphibious landings against beach defenses earning a spearhead device on the streamers awarded for these battles.

In 1942, the regiment conducted an amphibious landing in Morocco In July 1943, the regiment made an amphibious assault on Sicily. In 1944, it landed at Anzio, conducted a breakout and drove towards Rome. In August 1944, the regiment landed again, this time in Southern France as part of Operation Dragoon, advancing up the Rhone River to the German frontier.

After fighting in the Vosges and in the Alsace at the Colmar Pocket the 7th crossed the Rhine into Germany. Taking part in the seizure of Munich it headed for Austria, reaching the Salzburg area in the waning days of the war. Under the command of Colonel John A. Heintges elements of the regiment serving under the 3rd Infantry Division had the honor of capturing Hitler's retreat at Berchtesgaden. World War II: Race to Seize Berchtesgaden HistoryNet

According to an article written by the staff at HistoryNet it is quite probably no other regiment in the U.S. Army in World War II exceeded the 7th in combat time

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